Civil society assistance revisited
Thomas Carothers
Twenty years since the fall of the Wall: Philanthropy, democracy and civil society

Civil society assistance revisited

Thomas Carothers
1 June 2009
Alliance magazine

Sobriety remains the primary message at the end of the second decade of Western civil society aid for post-communist societies, just as it was after the first, while the challenges and best practices I identified almost ten years ago (Alliance, March 2000) remain relevant today. But real achievements across the post-communist world emphasize that civil society development is still essential.

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